[pianotech] OT

Terry Beckingham t46xd8jb at xplornet.com
Thu Dec 27 15:04:46 MST 2012


Les,

Some guitar tuners have a needle which will indicate how far sharp or flat 
a note is. Some even can display the pitch of seven octaves. I have a very 
old one made by Seiko. Something like that should serve the purpose that 
you are looking for.

Terry Beckingham


>From: <mailto:l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net>Leslie Bartlett
>Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 11:14 AM
>To: <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>pianotech at ptg.org
>Subject: [pianotech] OT
>
>
>Two questions.
>
>             If there are folks like me, facing trifocals in 
> glasses,  have any chosen to put the far range in the middle, and the 
> mid-range in the top?  I’m having to get new glasses and I think they 
> will recommend trifocals- me being 67 and all.
>
>
>
>             Do any of you carry a “tuner”, which will play a wide 
> variety of notes, which will not push the button while in a tool case, 
> thus running down the battery while it lies in the case?  I left my 
> tuning fork somewhere, and have found that A-440 in itself does not 
> really indicate if a pitch raise is necessary.  I’d like to have 
> something with a slide switch instead of a push button.
>
>Thanks for any ideas.
>
>Les bartlett
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